Tamping-machine.



PATENTBD MAY 24, 1904.

J. G. MOSELEY TAMPING MACHINE.

APPLIOATION FILED MAB. 4, 1904.

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JOHN MOSELEY, OF OAKLAND, MISSISSIPPI.

TAMPlNG-MACHINE.

I SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N0. 760,905, date 'Application filed March 4,1904. Serial No. 196,637. (No model.)

. To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN CMosELEY, a citiin the countyof Yalobusha and State of Mis- 'sissippi, have invented a new and useful Tamping-Machine, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to machines employed for mechanically tamping the ballast beneath the ties in railway construction, and has for its object to simplify and improve the construction and produce a device of this character of increased capacity and of more general application. 7 Y i With these and other objects in View, which will appear as the nature of theinvention is better understood, the-same consists in certain novel features of construction,as hereinafter fully-described and claimed. x

In the accompanying drawings, forming a part of thisspecification, and in which corresponding parts are denoted by like designatform of the embodiment of the invention capable of carrying the same into practical operation, it being understood that the invention is not necessarily limited thereto, as various changes in the shape,-proportions, and general assemblage ofthe parts may be resorted to without departing from the principle of the invention or sacrificing any of its advantages, and the right is therefore reserved of making all the changes and modifications which fairly fall-within the scope of the in= vention and the claims made therefor.

In the drawings thus employed-Figure 1 is a plan.view. Fig. 2 is a'longitudinal elevation, partly in section. Fig. 3 is atransverse" section. r

The improved machine comprises a carriage 10, mounted to run upon the rails 1112 on flanged wheels 13 and supporting a frame 14, spaced above the carriage by vertical members 15.

Spaced above the frame 14 is another frame 16, which will be designated the tamper-carrying frame, and mounted to move vertically upon guide members 17, extending at suitable points from the supporting-frame 14.

The frame 16 is provided with spaced apera May 24, 1904.

tures 18 in each of its side members and in which the stocks ofthe tampers are pivoted, as at 20, with their lower ends formed with sockets 21, in which the tamper-feet 22 are securedrig'idly when in use by set-screws 23:

By this means tamper-feet of different forms and sizes may be connected into thesocket's when required.

Transversely disposed across the ends of the supporting-frame 14 are shafts 24 25, carrying cams 26 27 for engagement with rollers 36 on the frame 16 at its opposite ends. The cams are each formed with a plurality of faces, so that the frame 16 and its connected tampers will be elevated a number of times at each revolution of the shaft, as will be obvious. The shafts are provided with operating-cranks2829, and in' order to cause the cams to operate simultaneously and in opposite directions and also to increase the steadiness of the motion a small counter-shaft 30 is provided and connected to be operated from v the shaft 24 by gears 31 32 and connected to the shaft 25 by a chain 33 and chain-wheels 34 35. By this means it will be obvious that to receive the pivots 20, and thus provide means for the ,vertical adjustment of the tampers.

Extending between the vertical members 15 and between the frame 14 and carriage 10 are members 38 39, upon which guide members 4O 41 are adjustably supported by clampbolts 42 43, operating through slots 44 45 in the guide members and the connecting members 38 39. The guide members are provided with spaced recesses 46 47 in which the shanks 19 of the tampers operate. The guide members 40 41 are further supported by lateral brackets 48 49 and by larger recesses for embracing the vertical members 15. 1

By adjusting the guide members it is obvious the shoe portions 22 of the tampers may be correspondingly adjusted to conform to the widths of the ties 50, and thus adapt the machines to ties of varying widths.

The tamper members will be so located as to occupy the whole length of the tie upon each end and both inside and outside the rails 11 12, so that the Whole area of the ballast upon each side will be tampered at the same time and with uniformity, as the frame carrying the tampers is operated with corresponding uniformity, as before described. By this means the tamping can be accomplished very rapidly and the machine moved along the rails from tie to tie as required.

When moving from place to place, the frame 16, carrying the tamper members, can be blocked up or supported in an elevated position to bring the shoes 22 above the rails.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed is- 1. In a machine of the class described, a supporting structure mounted for movement along a railway-track, a frame mounted for movement transversely of the plane,of the track, means for reciprocating said frame, tampers pivotally mounted in said frame and partaking of its motion, and adjusting means for controlling the positions of the operative ends of the tampers.

2. Ina machine of the class described, a supporting structure mounted for movement along a railway-track, a frame mounted for movement transversely of the plane of the track, means for reciprocating said frame, a plurality of tampers spaced apart and movably mounted in said frame and partaking of its motion, and adjusting means for controlling the positions of the operative end of said tampers.

guidance of said tampers.

4:. In a machine of the class described, a

supporting structure for movement along a railway-track and having spaced vertical guides, a frame for movement upon said guides transversely of the plane of the track, shafts mounted for rotation upon said structure and provided with cams for engagement with said frame, and connecting means between said shafts whereby they are simultaneously rotated to cause said cams to simultaneously engage said frame.

5. In a machine of the class described, a supporting structure for movement along a railway-track and having spaced vertical guides,aframe for movement upon said guides transversely of the plane of the track, shafts mounted for rotation upon said structure and provided with cams for engagementwith said frame, and a chain connecting said shafts for effecting their simultaneous rotation.

6. The combination in a machine of the class described, of a supporting structure mounted for travel along a railway-track, a frame mounted for reciprocal movement in a plane at right angles to said track, a plurality of oppositely-disposed tampers movably connected to said frame, adjustable guide members for receiving saidtampers, and means for reciprocating said frame.

7. The combination in a machine of theclass described, of a carriage mounted for travel along a railway-track, a frame spaced from said carriage and disposed transversely of the same and connected thereto by spaced vertical members, a frame mounted for reciprocation above said transverse frame, means for actuating said reciprocating frame, tampers movably connected to said reciprocating frame, bars connecting said vertical members intermediately of said carriage and transverse frame, guide-plates having spaced recesses for receiving said tampers and provided with transyerse slots through which clamp-bolts pass from said bars to effect the adjustment of said guide-plates to control the positions of the operative ends of said tampers.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto aflixed my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

JOHN C. MOSELEY.

Witnesses:

W. H. LARIMORE, H. M. Moose. 

